Vanguard
Vanguard is a major Nigerian daily newspaper published in English from Lagos. It reports on national and regional politics, business, sport, and general news, and operates a high-traffic news website. As one of Nigeria's prominent privately owned newspapers, it reaches a wide domestic and diaspora audience.
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Is Vanguard left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
Crosswire lists Vanguard as Center within Nigeria's media spectrum — the grouping it uses both for genuinely centrist titles and for outlets the major media-bias assessments do not place consistently on one side.
Read Vanguard beside another title from Nigeria and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Two dailies from Nigeria covering the same day will usually agree on the facts and differ on the ordering: which story is worth the top of the page, how the headline characterises it, and which follow-ups get space. Those are Vanguard's editorial choices, and they are easiest to see side by side. Because Vanguard is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning title from Nigeria either side of it and the direction each one pulls becomes measurable rather than impressionistic.
This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed . Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.
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